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[Bikingmomof3]

Oh it was not me was it?

Just my insecurity showing through.

BTW, I am fending off children who are trying to eat your PEEPS. Never fear, I saved them.

[DrBee]

Hey TDers!!!

I've been so swamped with moving stuff and a new job that I haven't had a chance to even check in with y'all.

Looks like everyone is having fun!

The wife of a colleague is a cyclist (and triathlete) and has given me some good info on their cycling club. It sounds like a supportive group! That could be really good for me since I haven't ridden in what feels like forever. I can only begin to imagine how MP feels (congrats of finishing the marathon btw). My bike is sitting behind me right now. It looks lonely. Soon I will ride. Soon!

The kids are super excited about trick-or-treating tomorrow. Ben managed to move away from the octopus idea and decided to be spiderman. I let him decide. Elizabeth is going to be a pumpkin witch. I'll post a picture.

Gotta run and eat dinner. I'll try to do more catching up later. Just wanted to let y'all know I didn't drop off of the face of the Earth.

Later!

[Bikingmomof3]

fishdr-glad to see you are settling in and able to be on here with us drifters.
Great news on finding a cycling club so quickly!
I cannot wait to see pics of the costumes. My guys will just be handing out the candy this year.

[chickwhorips]

fish glad to hear things are going good.

yes i need haloween pictures! no one does anything around here!

[Fredwina]

We have a preschool on site, and today was thier dress up day. one of the few perks of this crazy job

[chickwhorips]

i just got sucked into backcountry.com found a pair of travel pants, hopefully, and now getting sucked into TE and running shorts. ack! i need to go home. i'm spending all my hard earned money!

[Kitsune06]

www.instructables.com has me stuck. Making a shaker flashlight out of a tictac box... flame thrower out of a spiderman water gun... I mean... wow! I wish I had access to that site as a kid!

(well... maybe not. I was dangerous enough!)

[Xrayted]

Kitsune: Glad to hear she's ok. So whadja have for dinner? I love leftovers. I saw that pic at the theatre and was glad he didn't keep talking in all V's. (think the very beginning of the pic) I wasn't too bad but overall not my kind of movie. A little dark for me but I liked the political undercurrent.

Nanci: Congrats on being a mommy again. So, when's she coming? Do you think she'll get along with the other "children"?

Lise: Very cool on J. So happy for you. So are you going to Paris at some point or ???

fishdr: Glad to see you back. Great news that you are getting to know some other riders. You'll be back on the bike soon I'm sure. I wish I was still a kid. I loved getting dressed up for Halloween. Wait, I still do! Actually, it was a fundraiser for the local humane league. I was a scarecrow. (right, BIIIG stretch there X) I didn't get any pics of me (cuz I'm the photographer, NOT the subject thankyouverymuch) but I may be in some that the league took. No one had to ask me what I was so I guess I did good. There was one lady dressed as what I took to be a zucchini. I dunno.

BMo3: Good job on saving the Peeps. I must admit, I stopped on my way home from work tonight and got a package. I can hear them chirping from the kitchen. (which is weird cuz they're pumpkins ) But I'm not listening, nope ya can't make me eat ya. I won't do it... ***puts fingers in ears*** I don't hear you! (Oh man, the packs of cocoa are right there in the cupboard.) Aaaaaaaah!! (Go on, you know you wanna.) NOOO!!!! (Sure just one, no one will know) I'll know. (Don't make me bring up the time you ate...) Wha... hey now, that's not right! This is a family forum, afterall. (hehehe, go ahead, have a Peep)

You suck.

Mmmmm. Oh, that was really good. (Told ya) I feel so cheap. ***shakes head*** Beaten down by my own mind. Now I'll have to go to confession tomorrow... and I'm not even Catholic. (sigh) Well anyway, good job on saving your Peeps, BMo3.

X.

[Kitsune06]

I actually really liked his V monologue. ...aannnd I'm kinda dark. The first time I saw the movie, I was kind of upset that we didn't get to see his face, but now I'm pretty convinced that it would've taken away from the movie. Oh! I love the movie so much...

We had a cheap 'n easy pasta thingum, but most of it ended up being leftovers for today. Prolly just as well.

[Xrayted]

You? Dark? Ah, I don't believe it.

[Kitsune06]

muahahahaha!

[Xrayted]

Ok, here ya go, Kit. Enjoy!

VoilÃ*! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-Ã*-vis an introduction, so let me simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V.

[DebW]

There was one lady dressed as what I took to be a zucchini. I dunno.

I dressed up as a zucchini once. It was a really really lame costume. All I did was wear these wool-lined army-green overalls I found and tell people that I was a zucchini. I suck at dressing up, and it was the best I could do.

[Lise]

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J. is wonderful!

Oh, how I love this phase of the relationship... I know it doesn't last, and good thing, as I need more sleep than this, but it has been sooooooo long since I felt like this. Last time I felt like this was in '94, with S., of whom you've heard. But that had an element of craziness to it that this does not. If I had a day off, she would just not go to work in order to be with me. Yep, it was off from the start. J. stays up way too late with me, but leaves, goes home, gets up, goes to work/school/etc. Has a life, and it's not me.

I was tired after the long work weekend, but I did get three 1 hr naps in that 24 shift. Came home and slept a few more hours, got up and made some coffee. For those who were around for the "my heart's beating very strangely" episode this summer, you know I don't drink much coffee anymore. So I was really needing it. Just as I reached for the mug, Isaac the cat jumped onto the counter, knocking off the coffee, shattering the mug, splashing coffee everywhere. Me, him, wall, floor, dishwasher.... I screamed. I am not proud. But I screamed "NOOOOOOOO! Damn it!" Then I cleaned up and made another cup of coffee. Isaac was drenched, but I let him handle himself. He didn't seem to get too wired, I'm glad to say.

Made a pumpkin pie, broiled salmon, couscous, green beans, and salad with candied walnuts, cranberries, and gorgonzola. Way easier than it sounds, or is that just because I'm happy? J. came over, we ate, hung out and watched part of A Walk On the Moon. But when Diane Lane and Viggo Mortensen started making out, well, so did we. What a great evening! But I think I need another cup of coffee this morning. Another beautiful day here, although 20 degrees colder, as predicted.

This is cool--the picture on the movie was fuzzy. Normally I have a great picture. It's a big TV, and I never watch it, except for movies. I was dismayed and baffled. J. said, "It looks like a cable problem." Got up, looked at the back of the TV, adjusted a cable, fixed the problem. Wow. I would've just cleaned the disc and figured the whole thing was "broken". ("Broken", for me, means, "I have no idea what's wrong.") It may sound silly, but I love it that he knew what was wrong, got up, and fixed it.

Paris--Yes! We're planning to go mid March, when he has spring break from grad school. It's easy for me to request a week off that far in advance.

I'm already thinking of scaling back my triathlon plans for next year. I am not sure I want to be training for a 1/2 IM when I could be spending time with this guy. I'm thinking I may do Accenture at the Int'l distance instead, and a couple of sprints through the season. Seriously. I've had the pleasure of four years of training and racing triathlons, and no pleasure of dating someone wonderful for...oh...say...a decade! Things got bad with S after about a year, although I stayed for six. Then over four years of nothing, 2 1/2 years of online dating with seven months of largely frustrating involvement with T. in there....yeah, I may prefer snuggling with J. over 1/2 IM training.
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But enough about me: FISHDR! Glad you resurfaced! Glad the fishfry are doing well! Your new home sounds pretty great. Have you started with the new job? Remember when you were nervous even to go for it? YAY FISH/BEE.DR!!!
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Looking forward to all Halloween pix! L.

[KnottedYet]

Yay, Lise!

How marvellous!

I hear ya on the "went bad after one year but stuck around for 7." So glad both you and J have outside lives! (I know that sounds weird, but you know what I mean.)

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SKnot and I watched "V for Vendetta" together. At some point he turned to me with wiiiiiide eyes and a struck expression and said, "Mom! This is what is happening in the United States RIGHT NOW!"

That movie started some very good conversations.